I Sang a Song at the LAST Working Payphone in Minnesota [VIDEO]

Well, friends, we did it! We made it to episode #3 of our new weekly podcast! Uff-da, never thought it would happen. The third episode of Jack Norton’s Old-Time Radio Show was released this morning. Here’s some info on the new show… Travel Back in Time to the 1920s and 1930s! Travel back to the 1920s and…

Growing up in Minnesota there’s a few truths I learned over the past hundred years. If you’ve never been to the Land of 10,000 Lakes, I’d like to share with you these truths right now. They are as follows: This is one of my favorite Bob Dylan songs. Fun to sing. Here’s a video that…

There are many tall tales. Lost fragments of time, nearly forgotten today. One such tale was told by a minstrel man named Theodore August Metz who, in 1896, claimed to have written the popular American song, “There’ll Be A Hot Time In The Old Tonight”. At least he copyrighted this claim. Metz was a white…

I’ve spend most of my life digging. Searching for lost things. Forgotten songs. Unknown artists. Singers that wandered the backroads of America picking tunes on cheap guitars. Old bluesmen (and women) from deep down in the Delta. Loggers and lumberjacks in the north woods. Hobos and cowboys. Gamblers, whores, and church goers. Anyone with a…

I grew up listening to the great Blind Blake, I think he’s my favorite guitar pickers. I can never do him justice, but I do love trying to sing his tunes. Here’s one we filmed at Sippi’s Pub and Grub, a fun little sports bar in Winona, Minnesota. It was nice playing in front of…

Well, friends, we did it! We made it to episode #4 of our new weekly podcast! Uff-da, never thought it would happen. The latest episode of Jack Norton’s Old-Time Radio Show was released this morning. Here’s some info on the new show… Travel Back in Time to the 1920s and 1930s! Travel back to the 1920s and…